Thanks for the responses. I use pull lines when I have help, but I'm asking this question for when I need to chunk out by myself and I don't want to take little child-size chunks.
Sure if I had all the time in the world I'd set a ground block and pull from my perch in the spar, but I sure as...
What is anyone using for a small saddle-friendly pry bar to take with when negative rigging or chunking down spars? More than once I've wished I had a little more leverage than my little palm wedge.
Cheers
funny, I don't have underbody toolboxes nor a utility box on my 350, so I'm rocking the rolly-polly poly (rolly-poly?) toolboxes too! Damn they get heavy, need a ramp just to load the flatbed.
Weaver cube works for me. $30. I dropped a limb on it and snapped one of the dowels, still works.
It has tabs to step on so you don't look like a fool trying to twist it open. :)
Thanks. I don't have access to any saddles with manufactured rope bridges so that's why I asked this question. Hope it helps others when making their own rope bridges too.
Oh dear lord in heaven what did I start... Nine pages?! I can't even read all of this without spending 2hrs, I see most of it is regarding adjustable bridges which I don't have.
So I'll just ask: is the community still in agreement that a single double overhand stopper on each side of the rope...
Hey gang. I just recently converted my Weaver Cougar saddle to a rope bridge saddle with rigging plates -- many call this the "liger" mod. I decided to go with 1/2" Samson for the rope, and Rock Exotica Tri-rig rigging plates. Below is a video of me doing the mod to my saddle.
I like the...